MANILA, Philippines — The first COVID-19 vaccine the Philippines could get a hand of will likely come from China, the government’s pandemic response chief implementer and vaccine czar Carlito Galvez Jr. said Wednesday.
While he said both Russia’s Gamaleya Research Institute and China’s Sinovac Biotech may arrive as early as the first quarter of next year, Galvez expressed “more confidence” in securing the latter.
“Yes,” Galvez said in an interview over ABS-CBN Channel when asked if the first vaccine to roll out in the Philippines would come from China.
“Ang most probably sa first quarter, two vaccines. Either Gamaleya or yung Sinovac. Nakikita natin yung Sinovac, there [is…
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